Ross spent his entire professional life doing color commentary for sports broadcasts. He got his start in mid-south and southwestern wrestling leagues such as the National Wrestling Alliance and World Championship Wrestling before the World Wrestling Federation picked him up in 1993 and made them his official commentator. His first shot, however, only lasted two weeks due to an attack brought on by his Bell’s palsy and he went to work for the Atlanta Falcons before they rehired him the following year. Since then, he’s appeared in most of the league’s major events and even stepped into the ring a couple of times like his famous showdown with Triple-H.

Of course, this doesn’t mean that he’s officially hanging up his oversized cowboy hat for good. The man still has plenty of projects in the pipeline to keep him busy when he’s not giving the play-by-play of every blow-by-blow in the WWE’s squared circle. He will continue to host his weekly podcast The Ross Report and run his BBQ empire from its central hub in Norman, Oklahoma.